The CTO of TS Textile Inc. is concentrating on what can be done in the future and on the new technologies being developed. This is known as ____.
A)licensing
B)benchmarking
C)scanning
D)contract development
E)technology trading

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Whereas benchmarking focuses on what is being done currently, scanning focuses on what can be done and what is being developed. In other words, benchmarking examines key and perhaps some pacing technologies, whereas scanning seeks out pacing and emerging technologies-those just being introduced and still in development. The CTO focuses on scanning.